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Devastating vs Depressing - What's the difference?

devastating | depressing |

As adjectives the difference between devastating and depressing

is that devastating is causing devastation while depressing is causing depression or sadness.

As verbs the difference between devastating and depressing

is that devastating is while depressing is .

devastating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • causing devastation

    • Verb

    (head)

    • depressing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing depression or sadness.
    • The television news was depressing , so rather than start crying I turned it off.

    Synonyms

    * unpleasant

    Verb

    (head)